Generator, tone mixer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1965
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0010.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NRC, Elmus Lab
- MODEL
- TMG-X13-1
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- NON-FERROUS METAL CASING IN FERROUS METAL RACK/ METAL CONTROLS & WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS, METER CASINGS, & WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 48.3 cm
- Width
- 30.0 cm
- Height
- 57.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Music
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- 1965 +
- Canada
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AN UNIQUE INSTRUMENT DEVELOPED BY PIONEERING CANADIAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPOSER & INSTRUMENT DESIGNER DR. HUGH LE CAINE OF NRC, & BUILT AT NRC. IT WAS USED AT THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY ELECTRONIC MUSIC STUDIO, THE SECOND SUCH FACILITY INCANADA, OPENED IN 1964. - Function
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AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC INSTRUMENT CONSISTING OF THIRTEEN OCILLATORS WITH INDIVIDUAL PITCH & AMPLITUDE CONTROLS, USED TO PRODUCE COMBINATIONS OF SINE TONES WITH PITCHES & VOLUMES WHICH COULD BE ADJUSTED BY THE COMPOSER. - Technical
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LIKE THE EARLIER OSCILLATOR BANK, THE TONE MIXTURE GENERATOR WAS USED TO PRODUCE SINE CLUSTERS OF A PARTICULAR SONORITY. LE CAINE CONTINUED TO EXPERIMENT WITH METHODS TO SIMPLIFY THE USE OF SINE TONES BY COMPOSERS. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1-.2 PLATES READING 'TONE MIXTURE GENERATOR/ TMG-X13-1'/.3 RED & WHITE PLATE READS 'REGULATOR/ POWER SUPPLY/ MODEL UPM-3 SERIAL NO. 740/ REDULE/ OUTPUT +-3 VDC, 2A/+-12 VDC, 2A POWER DESIGNS INC./ FIVE VOLT ADJ./ PAT PEND'/ BLACK PRINTED CONTROL FUNCTIONS
- Missing
- From CA of 03/10/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- RACK & CASING PAINTED MEDIUM GREY ENAMEL/ METALLIC & PLATED PARTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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NRC, Elmus Lab, Generator, tone mixer, 1965, Artifact no. 1986.0010, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0010.001/
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